[Rictor]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/4199384.stm

Luis Posada Carriles - renowned terrorist

Cuban exile Luis Posada Carriles would be tortured if he were extradited to Venezuela, a US court has heard.

The 77-year-old is wanted by Venezuela over a 1976 plane bombing which killed 73 people. He denies involvement.

He escaped from a Venezuelan prison in 1985 while awaiting a trial on appeal.

Mr Posada Carriles is also wanted by Cuba for a series of bombings of hotels in Havana in 1997.

The US says it will not extradite people to any country which could then hand them over to Cuba.

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Maher Arar - innocent man

On September 26, 2002, he was detained by United States immigration officials while changing planes at JFK Airport while returning to Montreal from vacation with his family in Tunisia, where his wife was born. After being held apparently without access to legal representation, and despite being a Canadian citizen travelling with a Canadian passport, he was deported to Syria on October 7 or 8. After his arrival in Syria, he disappeared.
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Arar remained imprisoned in Syria for over a year, during which time he alleges that he was tortured and forced to sign a false confession alleging he had trained in Al Qaeda camps in Afghanistan. Specifically, he says that he was kept in a small dark underground cell, beaten and threatened with electrocution.

[vyper]

"Send us your huddled masses" .... "So we can treat them like ****".

[karajorma]

It's irony on a base level but you've got to love it.